Whitewater Glacier/Mt Jefferson

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scrambler2
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Whitewater Glacier/Mt Jefferson

Post by scrambler2 » September 9th, 2013, 10:28 am

I ascended the Whitewater climbing route and onto the immense Whitewater Glacier. Booting across the snowfields and edges of the glacier went fine. I did need to put on my crampons when crossing the older ice and crevasse areas. (disclaimer - climbing is dangerous, know what your doing, never go solo on a glacier, blah blah blah) Here are some pics of this seldom visited area.
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Looking north
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Looking east
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Seracs hanging above. There was one that had broken off and slid down.
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Navigating through the crevasses was straight forward.
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terminus
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Looking back at my turn around point
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Glacial lake with beach and dunes
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Cairn. I let this one live.
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Lakeside
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Fresh water. I drank straight from the glacier without filtering.
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Glacial lake
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Looking down on Jeff Park
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bobcat
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Re: Whitewater Glacier/Mt Jefferson

Post by bobcat » September 9th, 2013, 4:46 pm

Great views of the glacier and Jefferson Park. Somewhere near where you were is the highest point in Marion County (It's not at the summit as some people believe).
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Re: Whitewater Glacier/Mt Jefferson

Post by mcds » October 29th, 2014, 4:02 pm

Great TR scrambler2.
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